Bible Strands
Job 15:19
to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz addresses Job during his second discourse, contrasting the ancient, unbroken inheritance of the patriarchs with the imminent suffering awaiting the wicked.
The words — The text highlights `זָר` (zār) = a stranger and `נִתְּנָה` (nit'tēnâ) = it was given, establishing a baseline of exclusive possession before foreign intrusion.
The thread — This pattern of separated land and distinct clans recurs in Genesis 10:25 regarding the division of the earth, Genesis 10:32 listing Noah’s clans, and Joel 3:17 declaring Jerusalem holy and separate.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that territorial inheritance and ethnic boundaries are presented as historically fixed, requiring the reader to acknowledge ancestral allocation before evaluating subsequent divine judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Cross-references
- Joel 3:17 Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- Genesis 10:25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
- Genesis 10:32 All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
- Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.